August 30th - Munchies

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:28 am

To Samantha's relief, she found that her meal card was already active and worked to secure some pub food and a soda. Taking her order of mozzarella sticks into the lounge area, she deposited herself on the couch to eat, periodically glancing up to the television.

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by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:33 am

It wasn't much later that Rob sat down in the same general area. Apparently he had the same idea, having picked up a basket of fries.

He glances over at Sam. He almost looks surprised to see another person.

"....Hello?" Rob says.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:36 am

Sam is briefly startled, and looks over to him after pulling her gaze away from the TV.

"Oh! Hi there. Didn't hear you come in."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:39 am

Rob shakes his head, "Don't worry about it. I have a tendency to sneak up on people."

"I'm Rob. Robert West, actually," Rob says, "But I prefer Rob. Usually."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:42 am

"Good to meet you then, Rob." She says, remembering her manners.

"I'm Sam. I just got here today."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:44 am

"Me too," Rob says. "It's been....very interesting. I think."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:46 am

"Define 'interesting,' because if what I hear about the Institute applies to here, we may need to adjust expectations."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:52 am

"There are a lot of people my age," Rob says. "I was sort of home-schooled. So, I'm not used to that. Especially with them being strangers. It's interesting. People are interesting. Unpredictable."

Rob idly tears up a french fry as he talks, "What about you? What do you think so far?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:55 am

"Well, this is pretty much the first time I've been able to just hang out with other mutants, you know? I had lessons before, but those were kind of strictly business."

"It's pretty out here, too. Reminds me a bit of home."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:59 am

"Where are you from?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:00 am

"I'm from... well, not Dublin. But nobody outside of Ireland really knows where I'm talking about so I'll say... near Dublin?"

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:07 am

Rob nods, "I'm from Vermont. It's....there are more trees."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:08 am

"Trees are nice?" She offers noncommittally.

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:18 am

Rob smiles a bit shyly, "Honestly, it's awful. I'm glad to be somewhere else."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:20 am

"Well I get the small town thing, aye? So I guess it's a bit like that."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:24 am

"So, why are you here?" Rob says. "Mutant stuff? Or other reasons?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:25 am

"Well isn't everyone here for mutant stuff? I'm sure the classes aren't awful or anything, but you'd think they'd go to... I don't know, normal university if they weren't."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:31 am

"I don't like to make assumptions," Rob says. "I usually make an ass of myself when I do. But you're probably right about that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:34 am

"I mean, I still haven't figured out if it's rude or anything to ask about powers. But people seem to do it a lot."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:40 am

"Well, you don't have to tell me about your powers if you don't want," Rob says. "I don't really care."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:50 am

"It's got to be the weirdest sort of icebreaker, aye?"

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:52 am

"Pretty much. 'Hey, I hear you have a unique genetic makeup. Do you mind going into detail?'" Rob says, "'I'm making a scrapbook.'"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:05 am

"I guess people just figure, you know, everyone here does."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:11 am

"Right. And don't get me wrong, I think people should be proud of being a mutant," Rob says. "It's not something to be ashamed of, but I don't know..."

"It feels weird to define yourself by one thing, right?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:11 am

"Well, maybe it does if people are expecting to put on spandex and fight villainy."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:13 am

Rob laughs, "Right? Little chance of that for me though."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:19 am

"Not the type to punch bad guys?"

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 7:37 pm

"I'm a very strict pacifist," Rob says. "Villain punching is out of the question. And I don't think I have the self-confidence to pull off spandex anyway."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:01 pm

"Some of them wear leather. We could, like, leather you up."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:10 pm

"Well, there we go. If I ever become a superhero, I'll just wear a costume that makes me look like a dominatrix got lost on their way to work," Rob says.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:15 pm

"Or I guess you could figure out what Doctor McCoy does. He manages to wear a suit and he's... well, rather big and covered in blue fur."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:25 pm

"Didn't he used to go around in nothing but a pair of bathing trunks?" Rob asks.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:26 pm

"Maybe it took him awhile to find a good tailor that made more than just that and lab coats."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:29 pm

"Or maybe he just got hot a lot," Rob suggests.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:34 pm

"Well anyway, you'd think he'd be extremely punching oriented, but he just kind of... juggles?"

"Plus science. Lots of science."

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:42 pm

"That'd be nice," Rob says. "But I also got a thing. My head is all...fwomph. I get...well, seizures are the wrong word. It's more like I just shut down if things get too stressful."

"So, I'd probably just be a liability."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:44 pm

"I can... actually kind of sympathize with that."

"I don't do great in crowds," she says as if that explains it all.

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:48 pm

"Yes. Crowds are terrible," Rob agrees.

Common ground. Even if they probably had different reasons.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun May 31, 2015 9:01 pm

"We wouldn't be here if we didn't have... issues, you know?"

by **Robert West** » Sun May 31, 2015 9:11 pm

"You make it sound like a place for broken things," Rob says. "Is it a university or a treatment facility?"

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